Hassinger Solar Electric Solutions

Solar Electric systems generate electricity silently and without any moving parts. Sunlight falls on the solar array, generating DC electricity. That DC electricity is converted into household 120V AC electricity by the inverter. The AC electricity is fed into your electric meter and circuit breaker panel. The electricity either goes to your appliances and lights, or to the grid (selling mode), or some to each. This all happens silently and automatically every day.

Solar Systems require grid power to function. If there is a loss of utility power, the photovoltaic system will not work and your investment will not be accessible. If you want a PV system which will continue to operate when the utility power stops, then a solar system with backup becomes the solution of choice. If there is an earthquake, brownout, terrorist attack, or other emergency or accident which takes down the electric grid, this system will continue working, providing power while the sun is out. The PV system can be configured with batteries and/or generators and will provide the power necessary to run those critical devices which have been connected to the sub-panel such as refrigerators, medical devices, critical home office computers, printers, air-conditioners, lights, TV's and game systems. While your neighbor's solar systems are not working, your photovoltaic system will be providing your family with the comforts and critical functioning electric devices which you have planned for.

When either of these solar systems put out power, it goes to reducing your usage at the time, or, if there is excess, to spinning the meter backwards, counting down your electric use and bill. Special metering, such as Time-of-Use metering and billing arrangements can help you take advantage of higher daytime rates, allowing you to sell power at a high rate, and buy it back at night at a lower rate. This helps reduce the necessary size of your solar system, while still cutting your bill by the same amount.

If you already have a solar system and you want to retrofit it to provide back-up power, call us and we would be happy to investigate what it would take to give you that capability.

Our promise to you is to provide the right technology, with the highest standard service for the right price.

Solar Saves you Money
Depending on your Power Company, These Charts will give you an idea of what impact Solar could have on your electric Bill. Look at your bill. Look at the number of Panels you are willing to put on your roof, to determine how much energy you will generate. (Each Panel takes up 16 square feet of roof space)

SDG&E

Month	kW's	2.5kW	mo	4.2kW	mo	5 kW	mo	7.5 kW	mo
$100	540	60%	$39	100%	-$5	100%	-$22
$150	720	51%	$74	80%	$30	95%	$7
$200	855	48%	$105	69%	$64	79%	$43	100%	-$21
$250	1050	45%	$137	63%	$93	70%	$75	96%	$11
$300	1210	44%	$168	59%	$122	65%	$105	86%	$42
$400	1550	42%	$233	53%	$189	57%	$171	73%	$107
$500	1875	41%	$296	50%	$251	53%	$233	66%	$170

		12 Panels		20 Panels		24 Panels		36 Panels

SCE

Month	kW	2.5 kW	mo	4.2kW	mo	5 kW	mo	7.5 kW	mo
$100	640	58%	$43	84%	$16	95%	$5
$150	825	49%	$76	74%	$39	81%	$28		-$10
$200	1010	41%	$117	64%	$71	73%	$54	93%	$13
$250	1180	35%	$162	57%	$108	65%	$89	86%	$34
$300	1350	30%	$210	50%	$151	57%	$128	79%	$63
$400	1670	24%	$305	39%	$242	46%	$216	67%	$133
$500	2000	19%	$406	32%	$341	37%	$315	55%	$224

To get a ball-park estimate of $cost, multiply the power generated, (2500W, 4200W, 5000W, 7500W) by $8. Don't forget, there is a tax investment credit of 30%, and a California rebate of 35 cents per watt from SDG&E, $1.10 per watt from SCE.